| Issue ID | 852781 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10395296 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ALTIMA |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 03/04/11 |
| Component | SUSPENSION:REAR |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I have a 2007 nissan altima with 90,000 miles on it. All of a sudden i noticed when checking my air pressure that a piece of metal was hanging down under the rear passenger side of the vehicle near the suspension. I took the vehicle to my mechanic and he told me the rear sway bar on the passenger side had snapped in half. He asked me if i had hit anything and i replied no... He also found no damage around the area to suggest that i had hit something. So when i arrived back at my house i did some searching on the internet and to my surprise this seems to be a somewhat wide spread issue with alot of others owning my same vehicle. I spoke to my local nissan dealers in jacksonville florida who informed me they had never heard of such a thing, and had never received a vehicle in for service with this issue. So then i called nissan consumer affairs directly, who also stated they had never heard of this issue, which i find very hard to believe considering a simple internet search will reveal numerous people have had and reported this problem! I believe this is definitely a product defect, and nissan should issue a recall immediately! |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | JACKSONVILLE, FL |
| VIN pattern | 1N4AL21E17CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | |
| No. of fatalities | |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
| Transmission type | |
| Vehicle speed | |
| DoT tire identifier | |
| Tire size | |
| Location of tire code | |
| Type of tire failure code | |
| Was defective tire repaired? | |
| Date of manufacture | |
| Type of child seat code | |
| Type of restraint | |
| Dealer's name | |
| Dealer's telephone number | |
| Dealer's city | |
| Dealer's state code | |
| Dealer's ZIP code |